Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Pinot Noir 2019

Concentrated aromas of red and black fruits overlay a background of dried herbs, spice and leather. To taste, the flavor profile is a combination of savory density and rich and ripe flavors, all without losing precise pinot noir detail. Tannins are silky but integrated, leaving a lasting impression of texture, concentration and not least; definitive vineyard and southern Marlborough clays character

Fruit was sourced from two clay bound vineyards in the Southern Waihopai Valley

Hand harvested over a 12 day period commencing on the 7th of March 2019

Each parcel was destemmed into small open tank fermenters retaining a substantial proportion of whole berries. A pre-fermentation soak averaging 5 days preceded a warm and rapid indigenous fermentation where temperatures spiked between 30-33 degrees Celcius. All batches were hand plunged as per winemaker instruction. Post-primary fermentation the young wines averaged 14 days on skin totalling up to 30 days before being pressed to a mixture of new and older French Oak barrels for natural malolactic fermentation and maturation. In February each batch was gently tasted and assessed before bottling in early March 2020.